VENICE - The mysterious British graffiti artist executed his hallmark combination of artistic novelty and masterful self-promotion on the world’s most prestigious

VENICE – This year’s Biennale sees yet another exciting new addition: the inaugural exhibition of a diverse and innovative group of artists, the Miracle Workers Collective (MWC), in the national Pa

VENICE - The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia has opened an exhibition dedicated to Finnish artist Tapio Wirkkala to celebrate the 4^th edition of MUVE (Musei Veneziani) Contemporaneo.

ROME - A journalist friend in Rome who admired Federico Fellini wanted to write a book about him and got his agreement.  But after a series of broken appointments followed by improbable excuses, ac

CAMINHA - I first visited Caminha, a small town in North Portugal, in 2017. There was a lot more there than I expected so I made sure to go back there last year.  

ROME – The British embassy hosted an event on Tuesday celebrating the revolutionary role of fashion and highlighting its support for the LGBT campaign, Love is GREAT.

VENICE – Graffiti artist Banksy has released a video which shows him setting up a new piece of art in San Marco, only to be removed by the police soon after.

ROME - Years of crime, violence, and gang power have been laid bare in an explosive new book in which the former boss of Rome’s infamous Banda della Magliana exposes life at the heart of the Eterna

PERUGIA - The Trasimeno Music Festival is returning to Italy for a 15th edition this summer under the artistic direction of world-famous pianist Angela Hewitt, who will headline the event.

LONDON – An exhibition at the Opera Gallery in London is bringing Spatialist art to London at a time when it is more popular than ever before. Spaziale!

VENICE – The appearance in the Lagoon city of a new piece of art shows all the hallmarks of Banksy’s mysterious hand at work, though the graffiti artist is yet to claim the work as his own.

TURIN – The Lega Nord has called for the director of the international Turin book fair Nicola Lagioia to resign, while M5S and PD are defending him.

SYRACUSE – The renowned architect Stefano Boeri has recast Greek tragedy into a twenty-first century form, altering the ancient art form perhaps more than he realises.

NAPLES - Whether the columns of Piazza del Plebiscito, the postcard view of Posillipo, the imposing Sails of Scampia or the residential centre of Vomero, iconic glimpses of Naples are not hard to c

GENOA - The 9th edition of Slow Fish, an international event dedicated to sustainable seafood and marine ecosystems organised by Slow Food and the Region of Liguria, took place in Genoa’s Porto Ant

VENICE – IF you are after the subtle and nuanced, rather than the didactic and simplified, you will be disappointed by the exhibition in Tesa 94 at this year’s Biennale.

VENICE – Tesa 113 is a bright, airy warehouse on the north side of La Serenissima's historic navy district, and it contains the work of seven Bahraini artists.

 VENICE – The defining characteristic of the 58^th Biennale is innovation, though not in the way you might expect.

TURIN – The presence of the publisher of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s new book has caused many to boycott Turin’s upcoming book fair in protest.

ROME – Maurizio Tiberti’s latest exhibition is based on Oxford scholar Robert Burton’s seventeenth century masterpiece, “The Anatomy of Melancholy.”

ROME - French writer Annie Ernaux was announced as this year’s winner of the Prix Formentor, a prestigious international literary award, at an event held in the Capitoline Museums on Monday.

Rome – The Quirinal palace is to host a new exhibition entitled The art of saving art in the halls of Palazzine Gregoriana from May 5 to July 14.

ROME - The United Nations Refugee Agency has unveiled Rothko in Lampedusa, a new cultural project that aims to promote the artistic talent of refugees and shed light on the current migrati

GENOA - Liguria’s capital is set to play host to a festival aimed at celebrating a new European culture and defeating a political culture of cynicism and distrust.